Does your workplace allow for mental health days?

With mental health issues affecting one in five Australians at some point, it makes sense that employees will need mental health days as well as “normal” sick days off work.

Many large corporations have formal policies which allow for Mental Health Days, while others allow a certain number of days off regardless of the reason – an employee could be sick, or need a mental health day, or be caring for a family member, or just need to do extra stuff outside work.

Afterall, stress and mental health is now the cause for the longest absences from work – outranking physical injury.